Of course, you’ll get a first-rate education, but also thriven classmates’ conversation.

Here is where we thread Shakespeare studies and pre-med. And that’s why I chose Yale.

One of the reasons I chose Yale was for its housing system. Before students arrive as freshman, they are randomly assigned to one of twelve smaller communities called residential colleges. These colleges have nothing to do with academic subjects or extracurricular activities. But rest assured, they are quite a bit more than just living spaces.

Each one has a common room, which we could not live without to study or to meet in groups or simply to hang out

.And when the dining halls are closed there is butteries for snack.

And if you need a study break, there is game room to relax.

I can get to my college library without stepping foot outside.

And just right down the hallway, my clothes are washed and dried.

I work out in my college gym, a mere two floors below.

Then I meet my friends for rehearsal in the dance studio.

There are tons of music practice rooms where I can hone my skills.

We even have a movie theater. This one always gives me chills.

We don’t have normal dorms at Yale. Instead, we live in suites. So you may have a roommate. We have matching sheets! Outside there’s a common room, so come and stay awhile. There’s space for couches and TV’s or a lava lamp if that’s your style.

At the head of every college is a master and a dean. They live with us and eat with us and everything between. (Am I taking the right class? Will these credits suffice? I’ve got the flu. Need a pass. Can I get some advice? What’s a good summer program? This fellowship is nice. Thank goodness that we have our dean.? )

Master’s tea are a chance to see all your favorite celebrities. Here their stories and ask advice.

Residential colleges, come give a cheer. A place to call our home for all four years.? A sense of unity, immense community our friendship will prevail. That’s why I chose Yale.

But mostly I chose Yale for its superb academic opportunities.

I came to Yale because I wanted to learn and I wanted to learn from the best. I was tired of memorizing figures and facts just to pass another test.

Last year I spent the summer abroad, I helped to monitor a foreign election. And now I volunteer at a law school clinic on human rights protection.

I want to be an architect someday, I want to help save a city that’s dying. That’s why I needed a school that would push me to see that my coursework has grounding in reality. Now I grasp a bigger picture my perspective has a different scale. That’s why I chose Yale.

I came to Yale from across the world, because I wanted a global education. Now I’m bringing clean water to the countries that need it through the H20 Africa foundation.

I’m taking a class called Philosophy of art, to see where truth and beauty connect. What is the concept of art, and why should we care? Where Plato and Picasso intersect?

I study real world problems that need to be solved, because the climate is changing fast. I’m working on a project I designed myself for submission to a conference on the polar ice shelf. With the faculty’s help, I know I won’t fail.

How do I know which class to take? There’s over 2000 here. More than 50 foreign languages. It’s only our freshman year.

Well, as your freshman counselor, I was chosen by the dean. I’m the senior in his college, and I know just what you mean. The first two weeks of classes, take any course you choose. Then you pick your favorites there’s no way you can lose.

Everyone here is on a similar mission, where great classes and professors are a campus tradition. The students are able and the classes are small, so go audition all your courses in the lecture hall. Come on people, time to hit the ignition in science or in chemistry or as a musician. Meet your professors over coffee or dinner with their help you’re sure to be an academic winner. We’re housed in suites in our residential colleges. There’s no debating it, everyone acknowledges. We’ve got it made with a master and a dean and a freshman counselor to show the scene, residential colleges give spirit and unity. To every single person in the Yale community. We eat there and we study and we joke and relax and go to master’s teas and study break for nighttime snacks. That’s why I chose Yale. Yale~~~